India Post Gramin Dak Sevak - 10th Pass, No Exam, Registration Opens 31 August (Notification 17-12/2026-GDS)

About this job

India Post has opened its Gramin Dak Sevak engagement, and it is the most accessible government recruitment of the year: 10TH STANDARD PASS, and NO EXAMINATION OF ANY KIND. Notification 17-12/2026-GDS, GDS Online Engagement Schedule-II, July 2026. Selection is computed from your Class 10 marks. There is no written test, no interview, no skill test. You enter your 10th marks, and the merit list does the rest. The requirement people trip on: your 10th certificate must carry PASSING MARKS IN BOTH MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH. A pass overall is not enough if either of those two is not cleared. For candidates here, the local language condition is easier than most: the Jammu and Kashmir circle - which the notification defines as covering J&K AND LADAKH - accepts URDU OR HINDI studied to 10th standard. Either one. Age is 18 to 40 as on 21 September, which is a far wider window than most central recruitments, and relaxation runs to 45 for SC and ST, 43 for OBC and 50 for PwBD. Pay: Branch Postmaster Rs 12,000 to Rs 29,380 a month. Assistant Branch Postmaster and Dak Sevak Rs 10,000 to Rs 24,470. The fee is Rs 100 - and ALL FEMALE APPLICANTS pay nothing, along with SC, ST, PwBD and transwomen applicants. ONE THING TO BE STRAIGHT ABOUT: THE J&K VACANCY COUNT IS NOT OUT YET. Job sites are reporting "25,000+ posts" nationally, but that figure appears nowhere in the notification, and no circle or division breakdown is published in it either. India Post puts the division-wise position on the application portal, and that portal opens on 31 AUGUST. We will publish the Jammu & Kashmir figures the day they appear. THE DATES, WHICH ARE STAGGERED - READ THEM CAREFULLY One-time registration: 31 August to 19 September, up to 5 PM. Application submission and fee payment: 2 September to 21 September, up to 5 PM. Correction window: 23 and 24 September. Registration and application are two separate steps with two different deadlines. Register early - the application window closes two days after registration does, and you cannot apply without having registered first. If you have your 10th marksheet ready, there is nothing else to arrange. Apply only at indiapost.gov.in.

What you'll do

• Serve as a Gramin Dak Sevak with the Department of Posts as a Branch Postmaster, Assistant Branch Postmaster or Dak Sevak
• Run or assist at a Branch Office serving a rural post village, handling mail, savings, insurance and departmental services
• As a Branch Postmaster, reside in the post village itself and provide accommodation meeting the Department's prescribed standard, declared before engagement
• Work in the local language of the circle - Urdu or Hindi for the Jammu & Kashmir circle, which covers J&K and Ladakh
• Apply through one circle and division of your choosing, based on the local language you studied at 10th standard

What we're looking for

• WHO CAN APPLY
• A Secondary School Examination pass certificate - 10th standard - WITH PASSING MARKS IN BOTH MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH, from a board recognised by the Government of India, a State Government or a Union Territory. That is the whole educational requirement. There is nothing above it and no experience is asked for.
• You must also have studied the local language of the circle you apply to, up to 10th standard. For the JAMMU AND KASHMIR CIRCLE - which the notification defines as covering J&K AND LADAKH - the local language is URDU OR HINDI. Either qualifies.
• AGE
• 18 to 40 years, determined as on the last date for submission of applications, 21 September 2026.
• Relaxation above the 40-year limit: SC and ST 5 years, OBC 3 years, PwBD 10 years, PwBD with OBC 13 years, PwBD with SC or ST 15 years.
• THE THREE POSTS
• Branch Postmaster (BPM) - TRCA slab Rs 12,000 to Rs 29,380 a month.
• Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM) and Dak Sevak - TRCA slab Rs 10,000 to Rs 24,470.
• A BPM must live in the post village itself - the village where the Branch Office functions - and provide accommodation meeting the Department's prescribed standard. A declaration to that effect is required before engagement. Weigh that before choosing BPM as a preference.
• SELECTION - NO EXAMINATION AT ALL
• There is no written test and no interview. Merit is computed from the marks you obtained in the 10th standard examination, entered from your own marksheet at the application stage. Nothing else is scored.
• Candidates whose board cancelled the examination during the Covid-19 pandemic and issued a pass certificate to all candidates are awarded a uniform 66.67 per cent by the system; such applicants select "Pass" against each subject when applying.
• Where two applicants tie on merit, the order of preference is: older date of birth first, then ST transwoman, ST female, SC transwoman, SC female, and so on down the notified order.
• VACANCY NUMBERS
• The notification does NOT print circle-wise or division-wise vacancy figures. It directs candidates to the online portal, where the tentative division-wise position is published. Those figures become visible when registration opens on 31 August 2026 - so the Jammu & Kashmir number is not yet a published fact, whatever some job sites are reporting.

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